"Originally published in a different form in 1998 and 2006, by Perigee, an imprint of The Berkley Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC."--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-351) and index.

Foreword to the Third Edition by Lucy Jane Miller, PHD, OTR, FAOTA -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How to Use this Book -- A Word About Words and That Pesky "D" in "SPD" -- Part 1: Recognizing Sensory Processing Differences: 1. Four Out-of-Sync Children at Home and School -- 2. Does Your Child Have Sensory Processing Differences? -- 3. Does Your Child Have Another Diagnosis? -- 4. Understanding Sensory Processing-and What Can Go Amiss -- 5. How to Tell if Your Child Has SPD in the Tactile Sense -- 6. How to Tell if Your Child Has SPD in the Vestibular Sense -- How to Tell if Your Child Has SPD in the Proprioceptive Sense -- 8. How to Tell if Your Child Has SPD in the Visual Sense -- How to Tell if Your Child has SPD in the Auditory Sense -- Part 2: Coping with Sensory Processing Differences: 10. Diagnosis and Treatment -- 11. Your Child at Home -- 12. Your Child at School -- 13. Coping with Your Childs Emotions -- 14. Looking at Your Child in a New Light -- Appendix A: The Sensory Processing Machine -- Appendix B: Dr. Ayres's Four Levels of Sensory Integration -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.